John is a global senior advisor in our Anti-Financial Crime Practice.
With more than 30 years of experience in financial crime prevention and response, he played a key role in shaping UBS’s approach to financial crime and leading Standard Chartered Bank’s initiatives against financial crime threats. His work sits at the critical intersection of finance, real-world events, politics, economics, and investigations.
For five years, John served as the leader of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime, an initiative uniting public- and private-sector partners to share knowledge and develop best practices. Under his stewardship, the coalition published white papers and thought leadership pieces, along with numerous industry articles on his personal platform. He is a passionate advocate for public-private partnerships and co-founded Global Sanctions Solutions, an industry-wide sanctions platform that leverages information sharing, collaboration and advanced technology to combat financial crime more effectively.
Understanding what works, what doesn’t, and what must remain unchanged is essential — but equally critical are the questions of collaboration, data sharing and technology. Getting these right is key to future-proofing anti-financial crime programs
John enjoys writing and is currently working on a novel inspired by Jim Simons, a financial crime investigator, set in a Zurich bank. Loosely based on real events and shaped by the many remarkable professionals he has encountered over his 30-year career, the story offers a gripping and imaginative lens into the complex world of financial crime investigations.